fontosnak
Fontosnak is a Hungarian grammatical form derived from the adjective fontos, meaning “important.” It functions as a predicative complement in clauses that express evaluation or judgement, and it also appears in the infinitive phrase fontosnak lenni, meaning “to be important.”
In finite clauses, the form -nak/-nek marks the complement as “being important” and is used after verbs
- Ezt fontosnak tartom. (I consider this important.)
- Ez fontosnak számít. (This counts as important.)
The suffix follows vowel harmony rules, yielding a form like fontosnak, where -nak is used after back
The infinitive phrase fontosnak lenni is the standard way to express the concept “to be important.” It
Usage notes include that fontosnak is most common in formal or written Hungarian and in contexts where
See also Hungarian grammar, predicative phrases, infinitives with adjectives.